Agents of Shield: Ronins

Prologue

She stood confidently before the council of World leaders hands clenched as she spoke her words loud and true. She had to stop them, had to save her friends after they had saved her and the world so many times. They stared at her and she wondered if they could see her shaking, she was just a historian, bravery was a learned thing for her and did not come natural by any means. She stood there looking small and meak compared to many of them. She was mousy with long auburn hair, but severe blue eyes that looked much older beyond the young 20 something face they were set in. She licked her lips as she said, "my name is Mia Koji and….."

Suddenly a hand grabbed hers and she was being pulled through the crowd of angry delegates as they started to yell for justice and to use lethal weapons against the building in Shinjuku. She ran behind the blonde man as he pulled her into a back hallway, "who...who are you?"

He turned back and smiled at her, "my name is Agent Phil Coulson, Professor Mia Koji and if you want you and your friends to survive. You'll follow me."

She nodded at his English, he was American, that was for sure and she stayed close as they went through the back hallways. She cleared her throat and asked, "CIA, NSA, FBI?"

"None," he chuckled as they stopped at the door, "I work for Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and, Logistics Division but you can call us SHIELD."

Mia pursed her lips, the name sounded familiar but she couldn't place where or how. She heard commotion on the other side, and he pulled his gun, and her eyes grew big, "is it that serious…."

"More than you know," he said as he patted her arm reassuringly. "Stay here, Miss Koji."

She nodded as he threw open the door and she heard several shots and she jumped. The agent came back and grabbed her hand and she ran with him til they got to the parking lot as he kept her behind him. There was a screech in the multi level building and a black car pulled up in front of them as more screeches could be heard, "let's get going this is the not the time for a date~!"

Phil helped her into the back and sat next to her, "buckle in~!"

Mia barely clipped her buckle just as the female agent in the front slammed on the gas as Mia looked back at the other cars coming after them, there was the sound of guns and Phil pushed her down, "what in the world is going on?"

"You have some nasty people after you," Phil explained as the glass bounced the bullets off, "Oh, May that new glass is pretty good."

"Stark sent it," the female agent said from the front seat. Mia could see she was young and pretty with dark raven hair, but a stern face. She smirked in the rear view, "I don't think you really understand the consequences of your friend's recent shenanigans…."

"Um, to some extent I do now," Mia yelped as the car turned quickly and she held onto the car. "Are they really going to fire bomb shinjuku tower? The Ronins aren't dangerous~!"

"Is that what you call them," Phil asked as the car swerved again.

Mia realized her mistake and sunk down as she heard more gunshots, "yes,yes~! Please, I have to help them. They have saved me so many times, I can't let them be just be….obliterated~!"

"As far as the UN knows, they are not friendly," May answered keeping her sharp eyes ahead as she turned the car in a crazy manner once again. The car rattled as something harder than bullets hit them, "they really want you…."

"Probably more like they want what's in my head," Mia answered as screamed as the car jerked again.

"The director said as such," Coulson added and she looked at him with big eyes. He could see she was scared, "do you know who would be after what's in your head?"

She shook her head, in all honesty she didn't. She bit her lip as the car pulled hard again and she whimpered softly, "ever since…"

"Ever since what," asked Coulson, his brow furrowing. He was rather handsome in a nerdy way, his hair coiffed to one side. He seemed rather cocky and concerned, but also very calm despite the chaos around the car.

Mia shook her head and closed her eyes trying to shake the chaos around her. Reached in her pocket and pulled out a small metal trinket, "when I found this…."

He took it and saw there was writing on it, that looked like old Japanese writing written in a circular format. In the middle there was a dragon, "what is this…"

Mia sunk lower as the car shook, "quite honest. I don't know, not yet, but I have been looking since Nadia gave it to me back in Nigeria…."

"The massive earthquake…."

"That was us…."

Coulson smirked, "New York and LA too?"

She paused, "how did…."

"We have eyes and ears everywhere," he answered almost smugly and she just looked at him with nervousness. He reached out and touched her hand, "we're here to help…."

"I don't know everything yet," she paused as they seemed to have lost the cars tailing them. She bit her lip and shook her head, "Nadia said I had time that she was given the coin by an Ancient one, unlike our own. That the dragon would protect the most precious death in the world."

"Most precious death," May repeated with a snort, "sounds like a proverb…."

"Most of what these written preparations are proverbs written to come across as predictions or meditations, so only those who know what they seek know what they actually mean. It's quite frustrating really to sort between poetry and the like, and actually predictions," Mia grumbled and Coulson handed her the coin back. She shook her head and her eyes seemed to be filled with so much sadness, "please….my friends….please help me save my friends."

"Actually, they have already been picked up," Coulson assured as he helped her sit up and the car drove onto air field towards a large black plane. Mia looked at the plane, it seemed to almost shimmer, and it didn't quite look like anything she had ever seen. She gulped, "that's the Eagle."

"You guys are bird obsessed," Mia noted and May scoffed again as she flipped the car driving backwards and drove right up on the ramp which closed.

May smirked in the rearview, "you're not wrong."

Coulson climbed out quickly and came around to open the door for the professor. May came out of the car and smirked at her, holding out a hand, "Agent May, Professor."

"Please, it's just Mia, no need for the title," she answered as she shook her hand and then she heard large footsteps coming from behind and she turned around seeing a tall black man wearing a long black trench coat and an eye patch.

"Welcome to the Eagle, Professor Koji," the man said as Coulson and May came to each of her sides. "I am Director Fury and welcome to SHIELD."

Mia smiled at him and Coulson couldn't help but wonder what ran through this woman's brain. Most people were either confused, standoffish, or ready to fight the director….or some mixture of the three. She seemed unafraid and almost seemed like she knew he was a friend. 'What a strange woman,' was all he could think. She seemed so concerned for her friends that her own personal safety and preservation wasn't there at all, in fact, it almost seemed to make her more friendly and outgoing.

"Professor Mia Koji, but you knew that," she answered with a smirk, "I knew I recognized the bird. My grandfather used to say 'always watch out for the bird who sits out on the shield'. He gives more riddles every day to answer. That one seems quite literal though…..."

"You're grandfather was very brilliant man," Fury answered with a smirk, "in fact, he's helped us since World War II."

"That would make sense, he used to say my grandmother was a very lovely spy. I thought he was joking, I guess he wasn't considering," she snickered softly as she ran a hand through her bangs and continued to smile. "And I suppose I will do anything in my power to protect my friends, Director. You will have no pushback from me."

"Refreshing to have someone so on board with keeping things peaceful," Fury laughed and looked at Coulson, "I told you we should have intervened in LA."

"We had to give them a chance to save the world," Coulson advised and the Director just smirked and looked at the woman. She seemed so secure in her confidence to protect her friends, only he noticed her clenching the hem of her jacket. She was more scared than she was letting on.

Fury started to walk, "follow me Professor. I have a way to save your friends that benefits both of us, if you don't mind."